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Re: A Generic template for multi-pass processing (Was: Re: Applying two transformations consecutively)
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] A Generic template for multi-pass processing (Was: Re: Applying two transformations consecutively)
- From: David Carlisle <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 19:59:30 +0100
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> <xsl:with-param name="inputPipe" select="/*"/>
> what does that slash mean, and how is it different from just select="/"?
/ is the root of the document (like on a unix filesystem, or like c:\ on
windoze)
so /* selects all the elements that are immediately below the root.
In a well formed document there is exactly one of these.
/ selects the root node itself, this corresponds to the whole document
rather than any element or attribute within it.
> Similarly, you frequently select "/.." It seems that should be the same as
> either ".." or "." If not, could you please explain what it means?
No . and .. select the current node and its parent (whatever the current
node is)
/.. selects the parent of the root node, this never exists so always
selects nothing. (This is useful often as a default value as it produces
a node set (so you don't get an error if you use node set functions)
David
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